Research Data Policy

Transparency and Reproducibility

Research Data Policy

IJESGE promotes responsible data management, transparent reporting and appropriate access to the evidence supporting published research.

Policy statement

Authors should preserve and, wherever ethically and legally possible, make available the research data necessary to understand, verify and build upon the findings reported in their articles.

Data sharing must respect participant consent, confidentiality, privacy, intellectual property, contractual obligations, community interests and applicable legal or ethical restrictions.

What constitutes research data?

Survey and questionnaire data
Interview and focus-group records
Experimental observations
Statistical and economic datasets
Educational assessment data
Geospatial and remote-sensing data
Code, algorithms and models
Images, audio and video records
Processed data supporting figures and tables

Data availability statement

Every research article should include a Data Availability Statement describing where the supporting data can be accessed or explaining why access is restricted.

Data availability statement templates

Public repository:
The data supporting the findings of this study are available in [repository name] at [DOI or permanent URL].
Included in the article:
All data supporting the findings of this study are included in the article and its supplementary materials.
Available upon reasonable request:
The data supporting the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.
Restricted data:
The data are not publicly available because they contain confidential or potentially identifiable information. Access may be provided subject to ethical approval and an appropriate data-use agreement.
Third-party data:
The data used in this study were obtained from [source]. Restrictions apply to their availability, and requests should be directed to the original data provider.
No new data:
No new data were created or analysed in this study. Data sharing is therefore not applicable.

Recommended repositories

Authors are encouraged to deposit shareable data in a trusted institutional, disciplinary or general-purpose repository that provides:

  • A persistent identifier such as a DOI;
  • A stable public landing page;
  • Clear authorship and version information;
  • A data licence and terms of reuse;
  • Metadata that support discovery and citation;
  • Long-term preservation arrangements.

FAIR data principles

Where practicable, research data should be:

Findable
Supported by clear metadata and persistent identifiers.
Accessible
Available through an identified and sustainable access method.
Interoperable
Provided in appropriate formats with understandable documentation.
Reusable
Accompanied by provenance, definitions and clear reuse conditions.

Responsibilities of authors

Authors are responsible for:

  • Ensuring that data were collected and processed lawfully and ethically;
  • Maintaining accurate records of data origin, processing and analysis;
  • Protecting confidential and personally identifiable information;
  • Obtaining consent and ethical approval for data sharing where required;
  • Providing sufficient metadata and documentation to interpret the data;
  • Citing datasets used or created during the research;
  • Disclosing relevant restrictions on access or reuse;
  • Preserving the data for an appropriate period following publication.

Human-participant data

Data involving research participants must be anonymized or de-identified where possible. Sharing must remain consistent with informed consent and ethical approval.

Sensitive data

Sensitive educational, socioeconomic, geographic or personal data may require controlled access, aggregation or additional safeguards instead of unrestricted publication.

Indigenous and community data

Data involving communities should be managed with respect for consent, cultural context, community interests and applicable principles of responsible data governance.

Data citation

Publicly available datasets must be cited in the manuscript and included in the reference list where appropriate. A data citation should identify:

  • The data creator or creators;
  • The year of publication;
  • The dataset title;
  • The repository or publisher;
  • The DOI or another persistent identifier.

Example dataset reference

Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (2026). Title of the dataset [Data set]. Repository name. https://doi.org/xx.xxxx/xxxxx

Data review and verification

Editors or reviewers may request access to supporting data when necessary to evaluate the manuscript. Requests must respect confidentiality, consent, legal restrictions and intellectual-property rights.

Unjustified refusal to provide essential supporting information may result in suspension or rejection of the manuscript. If serious concerns arise after publication, the journal may initiate a post-publication investigation.

Data licensing

Authors should select a clear and appropriate licence for deposited data. The licence should specify permitted reuse while respecting third-party rights, participant protection and legal or contractual restrictions.

Data corrections

Authors must notify the journal if a significant error is discovered in a dataset supporting a published article. The dataset record should be updated transparently, and a correction or other publication notice may be issued when the error affects the published findings.

Responsible data sharing

IJESGE supports research transparency and reproducibility, but open data must never override participant protection, legal obligations, legitimate confidentiality or responsible stewardship of sensitive information.

Policy owner: Editorial Office of the International Journal of Education and Skills for the Green Economy

Effective date: 2026

Last reviewed: August 2026